[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 20 October 2008
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"Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexandre Tharaud bring finesse and imagination to these two complementary French works."
The Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2008 (Telegraph UK)
Debussy and Poulenc made a lasting impact on the musical identity of their country through both their references to the past and their innovations. This programme illustrates their vision of a certain esprit français: moving constantly between irony and emotion, extremely refined, yet at the same time offering an amplified echo of 'light' music - in short, the 'exquisite bad music' the creator of Les Mamelles de Tirésias prided himself on writing. The trajectory of these two interpreters of the young generation in France, who have already made several recordings together, has led them naturally to this repertoire.
Claude Debussy:
Sonate n°1 pour violoncelle et piano in D minor
Valse "La plus que lente"
Scherzo
Intermezzo
Francis Poulenc:
Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
Bagatelle en ré mineur
Sérénade
Suite française d'après Claude Gervaise